Word: gon
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...meetings, military feints, rumors of a coup or even a civil war -nothing seemed able to stir Portugal from its state of near-paralysis. For most of last week, as overwhelming majorities of the military and the public called for him to resign, pro-Communist Premier Vasco dos Santos Gonçalves hung on, issuing dark warnings that if he were ousted, the Communist Party's armed militia would swing into action...
Suddenly, late in the week, Gonçalves let go-but not entirely. A communiqué issued from the presidential palace announced that he would be replaced as Premier by Navy Chief of Staff Admiral José Batista Pinheiro de Azevedo, 58, a career officer who has occasionally filled in for President Francisco da Costa Gomes. Gonçalves himself was given the post of Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, which Costa Gomes had held simultaneously with the presidency...
...settlement, it seemed unlikely to prove a solution to the political crisis that has plagued the country for the past two months. For one thing, Pinheiro de Azevedo's politics are somewhat suspect to the moderates; some of his closest aides are staunch Communists. For another, Gonçalves was out but not down. As Chief of Staff, he would still wield considerable power. The switch did not placate the nine moderate military officers, headed by former Foreign Minister Major Ernesto Melo Antunes, who had campaigned for Gonçalves' ouster on the grounds that he was proCommunist...
...Department had a realistic appreciation of Portugal's political situation. Later in Brussels at a meeting of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, he said that it was essential that Portugal remain in NATO. The moderates' strongest objections are thus directed less at the new Premier than at Gonçalves' retention as Chief of Staff. In fact, his removal as Premier, far from avoiding a showdown, might very well hasten...
...government and its Communist friends have not taken this independence lightly. All 30 of the Diário de Notícias rebels have been suspended. Meanwhile, Gonçalves has tried to rally public opinion by condemning unfriendly publications as "those rags and those libertines." More ominous are reports that the government plans to cut the supply of newsprint to dissenting newspapers-and worse. "I think that there should be one morning newspaper and one afternoon newspaper," Correia Jesuino told TIME Correspondent Gavin Scott. "We can't afford to have so many newspapers...